Notre Dame College in South Euclid receives grant money to renovate five campus buildings

SOUTH EUCLID -- The Cuyahoga County Department of Development has awarded Notre Dame College $200,000 for renovations of campus facilities.

The renovations will target five buildings on the campus, 4545 College Road.

Those buildings are the Administration Building, the Connelly Center, Harks Hall, Providence Hall and the Clara Frtizsche Library.

Notre Dame recently began renovating its Little Theatre in the Administration Building to create space for the college’s new Student Success Center. The remainder of the renovations will be completed over the summer. Costs for this project total $280,000, the vast majority of which is funded by the $200,000 sub-grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act U.S. EPA Brownfield program.

The college’s gothic-style Administration Building, which is listed on the national Register of Historic Places, was built in 1928. It’s west wing was added in 1961. Harks Hall opened its doors in 1955, while Providence Hall and the Connelly Center were built in 1961 and 1968, respectively.

The Clara Fritzsche Library began housing books in 1971. Most recently, Notre Dame built two state-of-the-art residence halls in 2008 and 2009 to accommodate the college’s record growth.